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their ccommonsense\ But they are far-seeing enough to
respond to justice when it is allied with force. Whether
it is brute force or soul force they do not mind.

10. It is the duty of every non-co-operator to let the
Afghan know that he believes in the capacity of non-co-opera-
tion to restore the Khilafat to the pre-war status, and that
India does not want their armed intervention, that non-
co-operators would appreciate their refusal to enter into any
deal with the British Government for holding India in sub-
jection, and that India has none but the friendliest feelings
for her neighbours.
Young India, 1-64921

FOREIGN POLICY

The draft resolution on foreign policy approved and
circulated by the Working Committee has created a mild
sensation. That some people are surprised as the Working
Committee seriously discussing the question shows that
in their opinion India is not ripe for Swaraj. I have ende-
avoured to show before now that everybody and every nation
is always ripe for Swaraj, or to put it another way, no na-
tion needs to undergo tutelage at the hands of another. In-
deed, whilst we are maturing our plans for establishing
Swaraj, we are bound to consider and define our foreign
policy. Surely we are bound authoritatively to tell the
world what relations we wish to cultivate with it. If we do
not fear our neighbours, or if although feeling strong we
have no designs upon them, we must say so. We are equally
bound to tell the world whether we want to send our sepoys
to the battle-fields of France or Mesopotamia. We must
not be afraid to speak our minds on all that concerns
the nation.

A correspondent from Ludhiana has sent me a string
of questions, showing how the public mind is agitated. I
give them below with my answers.